Common Names
Borage; Beebread; Beeplant; Talewort
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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AMABILINE | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
ARABINOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 30.0 | 5005.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Shoot | not available | 39.0 | -0.37 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 25.0 | 360.0 | 0.43 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
BORAGO-TRIACYLGLYCEROLS | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
BORNESITOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 930.0 | 5005.0 | -0.92 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 30600.0 | 437580.0 | -1.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
CHOLINE | 20 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
COBALT | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CYANIDIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
CYANOGENS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
CYNAUSTINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
DELPHINIDIN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
DHURRIN | 1 | Plant | 35.0 | 350.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ERUCIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 2500.0 | 7390.0 | -0.74 | Heredity 65: 249-257. 1990. |
FAT | 0 | Leaf | 7000.0 | 100000.0 | 0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
FAT | 0 | Seed | 130000.0 | 383000.0 | 0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antianxiety | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antiarrhythmic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiarthritic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiasphyctic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiasthmatic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiatherosclerotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antibacterial | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticariogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticataract | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |